It makes perfect sense. Don't be a pedant. Describing/ naming an animal based on similarity, in some way, to another. If you prefer I could say a silver shark isn't really a shark. Or an electric eel isn't really an eel. The list is long I'm sure. Everything I have read about these fish, and every time I've seen them for sale they have had 'gar' in some form as part of their common name.
That's not what I said and you know fine well that's not what I said. If you want to be a fool then carry on. Anyone with even 1 jot of common sense can see what I mean. Hujeta Gar because of the gar like features. Electric EEL because of the eel like shape. Tiger fish because of the stripes and teeth I assume. All or most know they are not actually what their common name implies. Another example? We all know they are not gars. But most non-stubborn rational people will accept that amongst other things they are commonly known as rocket/hujeta/silver/etc. gars. Because they have features similar to true gars.
thing is every one know tiger fish is not a tiger, but lots of people don't know and don't even believe or want to believe that pike characin are not gar!
Does everyone know an electric eel isn't an eel? Or a Moray for that matter? Its irrelevant. Facts are facts. Oft-times things are named for distinguishing features or characteristics reminiscent of different creatures. Whether a tiger fish looks like a cat is obvious... but it does have features reminiscent of a tiger. I personally think that Ctenolucius Hujeta is 'gar like' in appearance, so the common name is apt. Google the latin name and see what comes up. There are a whole host of common names, many incorporating the word gar.
Then I stand corrected, but in my defense, it's only what I read in this forum recently.
